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21) Message boards : Number crunching : 159,333 FAMOUS models cant download any ! (Message 40255)
Posted 28 Jul 2010 by Profile Warped
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The quota formula is not being applied in my case.

I have not had a single work unit for over a week now and am getting the following:
28/07/2010 19:45:20 climateprediction.net update requested by user
28/07/2010 19:45:22 climateprediction.net Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
28/07/2010 19:45:22 climateprediction.net Requesting new tasks
28/07/2010 19:45:37 climateprediction.net Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
28/07/2010 19:45:37 climateprediction.net Message from server: No work sent
28/07/2010 19:45:37 climateprediction.net Message from server: (reached daily quota of 2 tasks)
22) Message boards : Number crunching : HADAM3P's too much RAC weight? (Message 38439)
Posted 2 Dec 2009 by Profile Warped
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I would like to know:

Is Virtual Boss\'s elegant explanation correct?

Does the Loch Ness Monster exist?

What lies beyond the edge of the Universe?


Suggested answers:
I think so.
Yes, at least in theory.
The Mulitverse.
23) Questions and Answers : Preferences : Is there any danger to processors from intensive use? (Message 38129)
Posted 16 Oct 2009 by Profile Warped
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Welcome James.

The short answer is that the system should easily handle permanently running CPDN. These programmes are relatively easy on the CPU and produce less heat than others such as Prime95.

I suggest you start by downloading a free application to monitor the system. My suggestion would be http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/ or any of a number, such as motherboard monitor or speedfan. Do a search - there are many.

Note that there is a difference between what is called the CPU temperature and the actual core temperatures. It\'s the core temperatures that are important. If these run at no more than about 65 deg C, then you have absolutely nothing to worry about. If they are any higher then post a reply and we\'ll have to do more work on the issue.
24) Message boards : Number crunching : ONLY ONE MODEL TYPE AVAILABLE (Message 38036)
Posted 27 Sep 2009 by Profile Warped
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Does this mean that Coupled models are now a thing of the past?
25) Message boards : Number crunching : Do you know Boincstats is reporting but Free DC is not? (Message 37949)
Posted 4 Sep 2009 by Profile Warped
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Well, Bok, I think you\'ve done us all a service there. This board is much better than it has been for a while - the truncations seem to have stopped.


Hear, Hear. At last I can read the News and Announcements thread again! Well done, Bok.
26) Message boards : Number crunching : Upload problem (Message 37319)
Posted 22 Jun 2009 by Profile Warped
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I see that the “phkup” upload server is down again. Does anyone have the 411 on when it will be back up? I have 2 HadAM3p WUs that will report in the next 20 hours. I have already suspended the one with only 3 hours to completion.


It was down most of the weekend. I recall seeing somewhere that this server is in Berne, Switzerland, although I'm not sure what role it plays (i.e. which work units it receives), or who looks after it.
27) Questions and Answers : Preferences : can\'t upload avatar on climateapps2 (Message 35732)
Posted 22 Dec 2008 by Profile Warped
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I get this error message:

\"Fatal error: Call to undefined function ImageJPEG\"...

I have tried jpegs and pngs all 100x100 and < 4KB


I also get an error message \"Fatal error: Call to undefined function imageCreateFromJpeg() in /var/www/boinc/projects/cpdnboinc/html/inc/image.inc on line 16\"

Seems there\'s a problem somewhere.
28) Questions and Answers : Windows : Problems to upload... (Message 35573)
Posted 22 Nov 2008 by Profile Warped
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One of the CPDN upload servers (cpdn-upload1) has been giving problems, and will be down over the weekend. It should be restarted on Monday in a new location, where it can be monitored more closely and a proper diagnosis/fix put in place.


Hopefully that explains my upload problems:
2008/11/22 14:15:39|climateprediction.net|Started upload of hadsm3mh_kj42_006004844_4_1.zip
2008/11/22 14:15:41|climateprediction.net|Temporarily failed upload of hadsm3mh_kj42_006004844_4_1.zip: HTTP error
2008/11/22 14:15:41|climateprediction.net|Backing off 1 hr 35 min 41 sec on upload of hadsm3mh_kj42_006004844_4_1.zip
29) Message boards : Number crunching : Trickles and Credits (Message 34738)
Posted 25 Aug 2008 by Profile Warped
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Have the XML updates fallen over again? I seem to recall the new file name requirements being an issue earlier in August.
30) Message boards : Number crunching : Has Milo just made space or actually installed the new server? (Message 28704)
Posted 15 May 2007 by Profile Warped
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Despite the news item (see link at the top right of the home page) seeming to indicate that the data migration is still underway, my 10-year uploads are happening without error. The last post by mo.v in the \"News and Announcements\" thread is also ambiguous in that it seems that Milo has merely made space on an already full server.

My question, therefore: Is the new server now fully operational, with plenty of storage space? If so, shouldn\'t the news item and the announcement thread be updated?
31) Message boards : Number crunching : Is it worth it? (Message 28601)
Posted 11 May 2007 by Profile Warped
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I\'ve been running various programmes and monitoring systems on a variety of hardware over the years. In my experience, Prime95 seemed to be the most intensive user of the CPU and raised the temperature more than any other distributed project. In fact this is used for stress testing hardware.

I found that MBM (Motherboard Monitor) is the most user-friendly monitoring sotware but can only get another programme, Speedfan, to work on my single processor HP notebook which also has the air intake at the bottom. My dual-core desktop is monitored by some intel software.

Having said all that, I have never seen a CPU temperature higher than about 80C. I was under the impression that intel processors automatically slow down to protect themselves and that the dual-core design is much more energy (and therfore heat) efficient than previous designs.

Under extreme conditions (ambient temperature approaching 40C, both cores crunching away and a DVD being watched at the same time on the dual-core machine, the temperature remains under 60C. All that happens is that the fan(s) speed up. Granted, this is a desktop. Nevertheless, I would think that 99C is about at self-destruct levels.
32) Message boards : Number crunching : Is it worth it? (Message 28574)
Posted 10 May 2007 by Profile Warped
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90-95C is very, very hot, especially for a laptop.

Two points from me:
1. Laptops are much more sensitive to the impact of higher temperatures than is the case with desktop machines In addition, their cooling capacity is considerable lower. I would think that any temperature over 75C should be avoided.
2. Running only one model by telling it to use only one processor will result in lower temperatures, even though it uses that one processor\'s free capacity. Make sure (via task manager) that the priority is on low.
33) Message boards : Number crunching : Error on File Upload (Message 28253)
Posted 29 Apr 2007 by Profile Warped
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If the servers are full, does that mean no further analysis is being done with all the data from the models we are running? With all the hype about Climate Change and Al Gore\'s movie (An Inconvenient Truth), together with ever increasing PC processing speeds, I would expect the amount of data that is likely to be on the way to be increasing rapidly. Surely the idea is to better predict the future climate (as the name of the project would suggest). Merely stashing this data on servers does not seem to be very logical. I would think it should be analysed and then archived at the same rate as it is arriving or you\'re on a hiding to nothing.
34) Message boards : Number crunching : No credit for 2 days (Message 26884)
Posted 18 Feb 2007 by Profile Warped
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It looks like the stats process has fallen over again.


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